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  • Ian Nepomniachtchi turns into challenger for the title of World Champion

    Following a attract spherical 13 recreation in opposition to Hungarian Grandmaster Richard Rapport, Nepomniachtchi is on 9/13, some extent and a half forward of the remainder of the sector, in response to a FIDE launch. This is his second consecutive victory within the eight-player Candidates.

    In the post-game interview, when requested how he’s feeling now, Nepomniachni instructed FIDE: ‘The traditional answer is – I don’t know… In this event I used to be attempting extra to play chess than enjoying for a win. That is essential… Another essential issue is that I by no means had a six-hour recreation right here. I used to be fortunate sufficient to not play for too lengthy’, stated Nepomniachtchi.

    The 31-year-old GM has taken an early lead within the event and is the one participant to not lose a single recreation. American Hikaru Nakamura is at present in clear second place with 7.5 factors, having gained as we speak in opposition to Polish GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda. In the ultimate – 14th spherical – he shall be up in opposition to China’s Ding Liren who’s on seven factors, in a direct duel for second place.

    The race for second place has turn out to be ever extra essential since five-times world champion Magnus Carlsen has made a number of strategies he won’t be prepared to defend his title. If Carlsen decides to not play within the match which is because of happen subsequent 12 months, he shall be changed by the runner-up within the Candidates.

    In Round 13, Ian Nepomniachtchi secured his victory in #FIDECandidates. Nakamura gained and is now clear second.

    Standings earlier than the final spherical:
    🥇 Nepomniachtchi – 9
    2. Nakamura – 7½
    3. Ding – 7
    4-5. Radjabov, Caruana – 6½
    6. Rapport – 5½
    7-8. Duda, Firouzja – 5 pic.twitter.com/9ib04Ba2nx

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 3, 2022

    In spherical 13, Ian Nepomniachtchi was White in opposition to Richard Rapport who opted for a pointy line within the Richter-Rauzer variation of the Sicilian. However, Nepomniachtchi was trying to calm the sport and he pressured exchanges, making issues less complicated on the board. Rapport at one level began advancing his king in the direction of the center, however he steered away from harmful exhibitions similar to these in spherical seven in opposition to Nepo, when he refused a draw provide and ended up shedding. In an excellent place, a draw was agreed on transfer 34 following threefold repetition.

    This is all Nepomniachtchi wanted to say first place, with yet another spherical to go.

    In gentle of the talk about whether or not the reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen will defend his title or not, an much more important query mark grows on who the winner of the Candidates shall be going through. When requested who he needs to play on the planet championship match, Nepomniachtchi stated: ‘Literally, I don’t care. But, in fact, it could be fairly difficult to play Magnus once more.’

    Ian Nepomniachtchi: “Extremely happy and extremely thankful to everybody who helped me.” pic.twitter.com/zAFmhO9sgE

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 3, 2022

    Ian Nepomniachtchi has been the chief from the very begin of the event and is the one participant within the discipline to not endure a defeat in 13 rounds performed. He shall be hoping to keep up this within the last recreation, in spherical 14, and keep away from the repeat of 2020/21 Candidates in Yekaterinburg the place he additionally gained with a spherical to spare however then misplaced the final recreation.

    While the primary story of the day is Nepomniachtchi confirming his victory within the Candidates, probably the most gripping query is – who shall be second? This query has dominated the latter a part of the occasion, ever because the prospects of Nepomniachchi’s victory turned nearly sure.

    The primary candidates are Hikaru Nakamura and Ding Liren who entered as we speak’s spherical with 6.5 factors.

    The most fun recreation of the day was between Hikaru Nakamura and Jan-Krzysztof Duda. The younger participant from Poland opted for a Najdorf Sicilian – getting into a pointy line the place either side wanted to calculate lots. In a recreation filled with ups and downs for either side, Nakamura appeared to have overstretched himself sacrificing a pawn and gave Black a number of good possibilities within the early middlegame. However, as within the earlier video games, Duda failed in energy and vitality to transform the benefit pushed within the centre and progressively gave again the initiative to White. In a tactical place, Nakamura managed to outplay his opponent within the second a part of the sport and after Black’s critical mistake on transfer 37, he ended up utterly profitable. With 7.5/13, Nakamura is alone in second place.

    Ding was black in opposition to Alireza Firouzja who opted for a calmer line – with the Four Knight’s Scotch. For the primary ten strikes, the 2 adopted the identical line as within the spherical eight recreation between Nepomniachtci and Ding, which led to a draw. It appeared that the 2 have been heading for a speedy draw following fast play and exchanges. However, within the endgame, Ding determined to surrender a pawn on the h-file and boost the place. Firouzja countered Black’s advances nicely after which discovered a bishop sacrifice which activated his rook, enabling it to offer perpetual checks. Ding was prepared to take a danger as we speak and was pushing, nevertheless it didn’t go and he didn’t over power it. With 7/13, Ding stands stable possibilities to take second place. As for Firouzja, something however a defeat is sweet information at this stage.

    Chess followers honoured Ian Nepomniachtchi with an ovation. 👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/HxTByVlDTH

    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 3, 2022

    In the final spherical, Hikaru Nakamura shall be going through Ding Lireng in a direct duel for second place.

    In as we speak’s recreation Fabiano Caruana was enjoying with black items in opposition to the uneasy Teimour Radjabov. In the Catalan, Caruana stunned his opponent within the opening, selecting a rarer line and sacrificing a pawn. Black did get some initiative, however Radjabov shortly simplified and transitioned to an excellent endgame the place the 2 shortly agreed on a draw. Both Caruana and Radjabov are on 6.5/13 and don’t have possibilities for second place.

    ROUND 13 REPORT:

    Ian Nepomniachtchi

    ½ – ½

    Richard Rapport

    Hikaru Nakamura

    1 – 0

    Jan-Krzysztof Duda

    Alireza Firouzja

    ½ – ½

    Ding Liren

    Teimour Radjabov

    ½ – ½

    Fabiano Caruana

    STANDINGS AFTER ROUND 13:

    1

    Nepomniachtchi, Ian

    9/13
    2766
    2

    Nakamura, Hikaru

    7½/13
    2760
    3

    Ding, Liren

    7/13
    2806
    4

    Radjabov, Teimour

    6½/13
    2753
    5

    Caruana, Fabiano

    6½/13
    2783
    6

    Rapport, Richard

    5½/13
    2764
    7

    Duda, Jan-Krzysztof

    5/13
    2750
    8

    Firouzja, Alireza

    5/13
    2793

    The last, fourteenth spherical of the Candidates begins on Monday the 4th of July at 3 PM CEST on the Palacio de Santona in Madrid.

    The pairings of spherical fourteen are as follows:

    Richard Rapport vs Teimour Radjabov
    Fabiano Caruana vs Alireza Firouzja
    Ding Liren vs Hikaru Nakamura
    Jan-Krzysztof Duda vs Ian Nepomniachtchi

  • Magnus can wring water from a stone, which takes him to a unique stage: Surya Sekhar Ganguly

    The laptop has made deep inroads into the chess world. But after a sure level/stage, all of the gamers get comparable assist from expertise. So I don’t assume Magnus (Carlsen) was technologically extra superior than Nepo (Ian Nepomniachtchi) or vice versa. All skilled gamers use comparable software program and comparable sorts of machines. In odd circumstances, a participant can have his nostril in entrance on this regard, like (Veselin) Topalov was forward of (Viswanathan) Anand by way of expertise. But normally, it’s roughly comparable.
    Magnus received the World Championship for numerous causes, however let’s face it, he’s a greater participant. The higher participant performed a greater match and received. End of story. Nepo profitable this might have been an upset.To me, this match provided a throwback to the 1971 Bobby Fischer versus Tigran Petrosian Candidates ultimate in Buenos Aires. Fischer performed the match earlier than dealing with Boris Spassky. The match was fairly even for the primary few video games. In reality, Petrosian missed a couple of probabilities to push by way of. In the top, the rating was 6½ – 2½ in favour of Fischer. At one level it was 2½ – 2½, however from Game 6 onwards, Fischer swept by way of, whereas Petrosian suffered a meltdown.

    The ultimate moments of Game 11. “Game, set, and match.”#CarlsenNepo #FIDEmatch2021 pic.twitter.com/lYOa1QuOKC
    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 10, 2021
    This World Championship was fairly comparable. Magnus spoke nicely, when he was requested on the press convention about what did he do higher within the match. His reply was about maintaining issues easy: ‘I think I played simple positions better and made less mistakes’. When positions have been very messy and complex, each gamers have been making errors.
    That’s Magnus’s energy, that’s how he performs. He is exceptionally sturdy when positions look fairly even, for he can wring water from a stone, which takes him to a unique stage. He waits patiently for an opportunity and when he will get it, he hits. As I mentioned earlier than, if Nepo needed to trump Magnus, he needed to do it in some very sophisticated positions. Somehow that by no means occurred.

    Game 6 was the turning level of the match. Magnus received that recreation and took full higher hand, with Nepo’s blunders piling up after that. Maybe, it was right down to fatigue and I’m speaking about dropping each bodily and emotional power right here. Playing a recreation that lasted nearly eight hours took a whole lot of emotional power. After taking part in a recreation for eight hours, ending on the profitable or dropping aspect issues so much. Physically each Magnus and Nepo have been very drained, however emotionally the latter suffered a physique blow.
    After the sixth recreation, the character of the positions on the board was suiting Magnus nicely and as he rightly identified, he hardly ever makes errors in so-called even positions.Once once more, this was precisely Fischer-Petrosian. Like the latter, Nepo, too, was fully unrecognisable within the second half of the match. A participant of Nepo’s tactical capacity, who’s such a beautiful participant in Rapid and Blitz; committing so many blunders was surprising. It could possibly be power, it could possibly be nerves. His recreation simply collapsed.
    It’s not my function to criticise a participant with the good thing about hindsight, somebody who’s so much higher than me. I’m fairly positive that Nepo labored actually laborious. I’m fairly positive that he and his staff put in an enormous quantity of effort.
    Still, if I’m requested to choose one space, I might say bodily health. You aren’t getting a brief draw; you aren’t getting any straightforward recreation. So you want an enormous quantity of power.

    Magnus Carlsen: “I am very happy of course. I did not expect it to go quite like this. I think it was a very good professional performance overall. I have no regrets at all, just very satisfied.” #CarlsenNepo pic.twitter.com/gXa8nCD2xJ
    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 10, 2021
    Things like preparation for a World Championship and reacting to troublesome conditions fluctuate from participant to participant. What works for Magnus, is not going to work for Anand; what works for Anand, is not going to work for Nepo. Everybody should discover his personal answer. You should discover a set-up and system that work the perfect for you. For instance, Magus went on an overdrive of taking part in Bullet chess tournaments (one-minute recreation) earlier than the World Championship. He confronted criticism on social media for that. But he is aware of what works for him. His strategies could or could not work for others. Same for taking the assistance of a sports activities psychologist; some might have it, some could not.

    Nepomniachtchi: “The outcome… The good news is that it was almost nothing about chess. But the match consists of many aspects: not only chess preparation but also physical, psychological.”“The level of these blunders is below some bad examples of pathetic shape.” #CarlsenNepo pic.twitter.com/GeU3Qa0ku9
    — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) December 10, 2021
    The significance of being alert on a regular basis is the actual takeaway for me from this match. It was by no means about getting the higher of the opponent within the opening. I’ve by no means seen Magnus profitable or dropping a recreation within the opening. His method has at all times been about getting a place, which is sound, then hold taking part in and progressively outplaying his opponent. You want your considering, alertness and power stage at their peak to play this type of chess. You can’t get informal in any respect. That’s his high quality and I need to say that Game 6 would go down in historical past for the extent it was performed at.
    You don’t evaluate the greats. It could be unfair to attract a comparability between (Jose Raul) Capablanca, Fischer, (Garry) Kasparov and Magnus; gamers from completely different eras. The fantastic thing about greatness is that it stays forward of its time. No one lasts endlessly and the one who would ultimately beat Magnus, which is inevitable, wouldn’t be intimidated by him (his aura). Someone from a youthful technology.
    (Grandmaster Surya Sekhar Ganguly was certainly one of Viswanathan Anand’s seconds and assisted him in profitable the World Championship matches towards Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov. He spoke to Shamik Chakrabarty)